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“Tower Tour Day” at Terminal Canceled Due to Nesting Peregrine Falcons
Apr. 30 | The Central Terminal Restoration Corporation (CTRC) has canceled the first of two scheduled “Tower Tour Days” that was to take place on Sunday, May 6th. The action is in response to a Department of Environmental Conservation inspection of the nesting...
Help A Girl Get A Job Day 16
Mar. 23 | In keeping with this week’s theme of WNY Holiday traditions, we’ll wind up the week with an audio story—this one from the Queen City’s most recent New Year’s Eve.
Public Meeting Regarding Broderick Park
Mar. 9 | The first of two meetings will be held later this month to gather feedback from the public on the proposed Master Plan for Broderick Park, which is located at the foot of West Ferry Street and is a prime location along the Niagara River.
Help A Girl Get A Job Day 3
Mar. 8 | “Lovely! And your voice is delightful. Fantastic story-telling!” Laura A. As a mother, and now a nana, story telling has been a constant in my family’s life. Many a magical moment has been shared in telling stories that captured...
Buffalo Common Council Report – March 6th 2012
Mar. 6 | Appeal to Buffalo Teachers’ Federation – The Council adopted a resolution sponsored by Majority Leader and Masten District Council Member Demone A. Smith asking the Buffalo Teachers’ Federation (“BTF”) President and Council of Delegates to...
A ‘Textbook Example’ of Wasted Resources
Feb. 17 | This caught my eye this afternoon going through the daily email submissions. It’s nice to see our government agencies can work together and all, but holy cow! What an amazing amount of resources used to stop one thug. Below is a press release just...
Acropolis Day at Common Council
Feb. 14 | Paul Tsouflidis bought Acropolis at 708 Elmwood Ave. from his parents, and is in quite a heated battle with the Elmwood Village Association and a few B.A.N.A.N.A. residents over the 2nd floor expansion of his restaurant. Today, he goes in front...
PM Roundup: Tuesday, February 7
Feb. 7 | New rules for food trucks are now the law in the city of Buffalo. Mayor Byron Brown signed legislation Monday that dictates where the rolling restaurants can operate. Food trucks must stay 100 feet away from existing restaurants and licensed hot-dog...
PM Roundup: Monday, February 6
Feb. 6 | The Occupy Buffalo group says it will work to clean up Niagara Square after its five-month residence there. Members returned Friday after last week’s evictions to start removing debris, but city workers shooed them away after a few hours. Occupy...
PM Roundup: Friday, February 3
Feb. 3 | A raucous scene in Buffalo City Court Thursday, as the family of slain NFTA driver Brian Chapman Jr. clashed with supporters of accused shooter Joshua Mitchell. Mitchell was held on one-million dollars bond, and is charged with second-degree murder. A...
PM Roundup: Friday, January 27
Jan. 27 | Additional public input is being requested before the NFTA‘s proposed route changes take effect. A hearing is set for next Tuesday (1/31) in Buffalo’s Common Council Chamber, with Authority representatives expected to be on hand. The...
Canalside is Local
Jan. 26 | The ECHDC just released a list of local businesses and programs and services that have remained local since this project started. Here’s the list: Supporting local businesses and creating local jobs has long been one of the guiding principles of...
Citybration Kicks Off 7th Year
Jan. 25 | Citybration 2012 will kick off on Thursday, January 26 at 6:00pm in the newly renovated Rendezvous Room at the historic Statler City. There will be food, fun, a cash bar and lots of ways to get involved. What better way to start off a full year of celebrating...
Gov Cuomo In Buffalo
Jan. 25 | Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo comes to the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center at 10 a.m. to give what business and community leaders hope will be a more detailed view of his pledge for $1 billion in economic development aid for the Buffalo Niagara region. He’s...
Special Weather Statement – January 19 12:27PM EST by NWS
Jan. 19 | …AN AREA OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MOVING INTO THE AREA… AN AREA OF SNOW WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN PARTS OF ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES AT 1230 PM. THIS WILL AFFECT THE BUFFALO AND NIAGARA FALLS METRO AREAS. THE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER...
Common Council holds its biennial reorganization meeting
Jan. 3 | The City of Buffalo Common Council held its biennial reorganization meeting today, Tuesday, January 3, 2012 to elect its new leadership, amend its rules of order, and appoint new chairpersons to its committees. The biennial Common Council meeting is held...
#Sabres vs #Senators
Dec. 13 | Tonight is the third of six meetings between these Northeast Division rivals, who square off two more times in December. These clubs played twice in a six-day span in early November, with Buffalo continuing its recent success over the Senators. The Sabres...
WNY Delegation Pitches WNY to Farm Aid Organizers
Dec. 9 | U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Kathy Hochul joined with Senator Charles E. Schumer and Representatives Brian Higgins and Louise Slaughter today in urging Farm Aid to choose Buffalo as the host city for the annual Farm Aid benefit concert...
Former Sabre Arrested for DWI
Dec. 5 | Former Buffalo Sabres tough guy Matthew Barnaby was charged with DWI in Clarence overnight. Reports say that Erie County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report about an SUV driving erratically without a front tire, stopped Barnaby’s vehicle....
National Grid and Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Form Unique Energy Partnership
Dec. 1 | Watch Live @ 11am hashtag: #BNMC National Grid and the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC) have formed a historic innovative energy partnership that will support economic development and growth in the greater Buffalo Niagara region. The partnership...
Paladino Weighs In on Amanda Wienckowski Case
Dec. 1 | “Below is a copy of a letter to Dr. Anthony Billittier, Erie County Health Commissioner and Dr. Diane Vertes, Erie County Medical Examiner from Carl Paladino concerning their activities and those of their offices subsequent to the discovery of the...
How to Suck
Oct. 28 | Former WNYMedia.net writer and current fellow at the Atlantic Cities, Mark Byrnes (you may remember him from such blogs as “All Things Buffalo“), now expatriated to Baltimore, MD, comments on Brian’s thought-provoking postmortem on...
TEDxBuffalo: SmartCode and Beer
Oct. 28 | Two great TEDx talks from TEDxBuffalo. First, Ethan Cox from Community Beer Works talks about embeering America: [HTML1] Next, Chuck Banas talks about the new Green Code that is being implemented in the city of Buffalo. This will represent the first...